ABoVE: Tundra Plant Functional Type Continuous-Cover, North Slope, Alaska, 2010-2015

Description

This dataset provides predicted continuous-field cover for tundra plant functional types (PFTs), across ~125,000 km2 of Alaska's North Slope at 30-m resolution. The data cover the period 2010-07-01 to 2015-08-31. The data were derived using a random forest data-mining algorithm, predictors derived from Landsat satellite observations (surface reflectance composites for ~15-day periods from May-August), and field vegetation cover and site characterization data spanning bioclimatic and geomorphic gradients. The field vegetation cover was stratified by nine PFTs, plus open water, bare ground and litter, and using the cover metrics total cover (areal cover including the understory) and top cover (uppermost canopy or ground cover), resulting in a total of 19 field cover types. The field data and predictor values at the field sites are also included.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1830
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover/
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1830
33 ABoVE: Tundra Plant Functional Type Continuous-Cover, North Slope, Alaska, 2010-2015: AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover/comp/AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover.pdf
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
34 Figure1. Map of quantitative-cover mapping area showing the distribution of field plots, North Slope, Alaska. ABR, ABR, Inc.-Environmental Research & Services. BLM, Bureau of Land Management (figure is from Macander et al., 2017). https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover_Fig1.png
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/AK_Tundra_PFT_FractionalCover.html

Tags

  • topography
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • vegetation
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • earth-science

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